Red Sox @ Tigers
August 11, 1968

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 5 8 0
Tigers 5 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 5 8 0
Tigers 6 13 0

Gates Brown Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .404
OBP .500 .466
At Bats 3 52
Hits 1 21
• Singles 1 13
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 6
RBI’s 0 7

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 1 9
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Tiger Stadium - August 11, 1968
•
Single
Sparky Lyle
Russ Gibson
George Scott
Mike Andrews
Joe Foy
Rico Petrocelli
Carl Yastrzemski
Reggie Smith
Ken Harrelson
Gates Brown
Al Kaline
Mickey Stanley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 5 8 0 5
Detroit Tigers 6 13 0 9
Winning Pitcher Jon Warden
Losing Pitcher Jerry Stephenson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gates Brown
Attendance 49,087
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
View Box Score
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Sparky Lyle now pitching. Brown hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Stanley scores. Kaline moves to second.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores. Stanley moves to third.
Bottom 9 Jerry Stephenson now pitching. Stanley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Freehan scores. McAuliffe moves to third.
Bottom 9 Bill Landis now pitching. McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Price scores. Freehan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bill Freehan pinch hits for Jon Warden. Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Price moves to second.
Bottom 9 Wayne Comer pinch hits for Ray Oyler. Comer hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Price takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown throws the ball in to McAuliffe who tags Andrews, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gibson scores.
Top 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oyler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gibson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Stanley. Gibson reaches second base with a double. Scott goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jon Warden now pitching. Petrocelli hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Wert is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanley scores. Brown goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Brown takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 McAuliffe strikes out.
Top 8 Harrelson strikes out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 8 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Foy strikes out.
Top 8 John Wyatt now pitching. Ray Oyler now playing shortstop. Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Willie Horton pinch hits for Don McMahon. Horton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Jim Northrup pinch hits for Dick Tracewski. Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wert moves to third.
Bottom 7 Price hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wert moves to second.
Bottom 7 Wert hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Don McMahon now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gibson hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Scott moves to third.
Top 7 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Petrocelli strikes out.
Top 7 Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Harrelson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hiller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gibson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Tracewski. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Tracewski steals second.
Bottom 5 Tracewski takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Price hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wert hits a line drive towards left. Yastrzemski catches it and throws to second to double up Brown.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Foy is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Hiller covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Stanley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hiller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Gibson hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Scott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Tracewski strikes out.
Bottom 2 Price hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wert strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cash hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Andrews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Petrocelli is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harrelson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stanley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Bell covering, for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 1 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.